From: Sébastien Guimmara Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 20:50:57 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 0/5] git help: group common commands by theme Message-ID: <55565C31.7060406@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: On 05/15/2015 10:48 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Eric Sunshine writes: > >>> rebased on 'next' (a2776d4) >> >> Something to keep in mind for the future: It's usually easier to >> manage preparatory cleanup patches by incorporating them into the >> series which needs/wants them rather than posting them as separate >> topics. That way, your patch series isn't held hostage by those >> separate topics. > > Not a big deal in this case, as I was very well aware that there was > a preparatory change sent, so no harm done to me personally; I even > asked Sébastien to rebuild on top of that patch. > > For people who are helping to review the series but haven't paid > attention to everything that was said on the list (read: almost all > the people), it would have been better if it said "depends on > bf990a2", instead of saying that it depends on the 'next' as a whole > (which it doesn't). > > Thanks. > Lesson learnt. I'll mention the commit itself instead of the branch for the next series. Thanks :)